Ring traveler



y 1943. M. L. BOLTON 2,320,213

-RING TRAVELER Filed 09. 11. 1942 Patented May 25, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RING TRAVELER lV Iaurice Lee Bolton, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to U. S. Ring Traveler 00., Providence, R. I., a

corporation of Rhode Island Application December 11, 1942, Serial No. 468,718

3 Claims.

similar material, although the same could read-- ily be used in connection with the spinning and twisting of thread or yarn.

Ring travelers heretofore in use are not adapted for use in the spinning and twisting of wire and ar objectionable, if usable at all, due to the formation of spirals or kinks in the wire as it travels from the guide rolls or guide eye and under the traveler head to the bobbin or spool on which the wire is being wound.

The formation of objectionable kinks or spirals are avoided by the use of the present device, due to the fact that practically the only bend made in the wire or material during its passage from the feed rolls or guide eye to the finished wound bobbin is one substantially in the form of an are when the wire or yarn passes downwardly through the openings in the shank portion of the traveler and to the bobbin or spool; this rather than around and under the head of the traveler, as heretofore, and then to the bobbin or spool.

Difliculty in winding and twisting with kinks or spirals in the material is thereby avoided.

Also by the use of the present traveler a more upright position is maintained during the revolution of the traveler around the ring than where the wire or thread or yarn passes beneath the head and around one edge, as heretofore.

In the present invention there are no sharp bends or turns whatsoever in the material as in travelers heretofore in use.

In travelers heretofore in use, the traveler binds on the ring, being canted in operation, but with the present traveler it is maintained in an upright position during its travel around the ring and all canting or binding on the ring is avoided, thereby saving wear and tear on both the ring and traveler.

Another object of the invention is the provision of ring travelers which do not require frequent replacement and which are capable of long use without diminishing in efficiency or effectiveness, which travel smoothly and evenly and without vibration or jerkiness, which maintains the tension on thethread even and smooth and at the proper and desirable degree, and cause no variation or unevenness in the twist of the yarn and which eliminate objectionable strains under tension due to the formation of kinks or spirals in the material in its passage through the traveler.

Another object of the invention is to avoid excessive friction or cramping of the traveler in its course around the ring occasioned by passing the thread beneath the head of the traveler, as heretofore, whereby the traveler is tilted bringing it in contact with the ring at an angle thereby causing Wear and tear on both the traveler and ring.

It will be seen, therefore, that in the use of the present traveler all objectionable sharp bends of the material is avoided such as are present in the previous travelers.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will appear as the description proceeds, reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a twister ring showing my novel ring traveler in operating position thereon;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the ring with traveler thereon;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the ring traveler; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

As shown, It! is a vertical twister ring with the ring traveler II mounted in operative position thereon. The traveler II is formed from a metallic blank and is formed with a head or horn portion l2 having a downwardly inclined lip l2 and a foot portion [3 having an upwardly extending lip portion I3 Connecting the head and foot portions and integral therewith is a shank portion formed with an outwardly extending bend l4, having an upper portion l5 and a lower portion I6. In the upper portion 15 there is provided an aperture or opening ll substantially central thereof and a corresponding opening or aperture 18 is formed in the lower member I6.

The yarn or material being treated passes from the roll or guide eye through the openings I1 and I8 and at substantially a right angle to the spool or bobbin on which the material is being wound.

It will be observed that due to the location and. relation of the openings or holes I! and I8 relative to each other, the material will pass from the roll or guide eye to the bobbin or spool with practically no sharp bends, and that the traveler will move in a circular path around the ring without any canting or cramping or binding of the traveler on the ring and thus avoid any grooving, excessive heating, or other disadvantage resulting from frictional contact of the traveler with the ring are avoided, and that the material is maintained remote or away from the face of the ring In.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A traveler for vertical twister rings comprising a head portion a foot portion, and a shank portion connecting the head and foot portions and integral therewith, said shank portion having an outwardly bent portion, and means comprising openings through said bent portion for the receipt of the material being twisted and wound.

2. A traveler for vertical twister rings coniprising a shank, head and foot portions integral with said shank, said shank being formed with an outwardly extending bend, and means comprising openings through the horizontal portions of said bend to receive the material being twisted and wound in its passage to the spool or bobbin.

3. A traveler for vertical twister rings comprising a shank, head and foot portions integral with said shank, said shank being formed with an outwardly extending bend, the horizontal portions of said bend each having an opening therein through which the material being twisted and wound is passed,

MAURICE LEE BOLTON. 

